If you were a 90’s kid like me, you might have watched a little cartoon called Rugrats. A Nickelodeon cartoon that follows the crazy lifes that babies live, and explores what fun adventures they get into. You would think this cartoon was nothing but happy-go-lucky fun right? Wrong! Okay, let me bring your childhood to hell.

This was found, and it might have a little truth to it:

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The Rugrats really were a figment of Angelica’s imagination.

Chucky died a long time ago along with this mother; that’s why Chaz is a nervous wreck all the time.

Tommy was a stillborn; that’s why Stu is constantly in the basement making toys for the son who never had a chance to live.

The DeVilles had an abortion. Angelica couldn’t figure whether it would be a boy or a girl, thus creating the twins.

As for “All Grown Up,” Angelica was a bipolar schizophrenic, who, as a teenager, became addicted to various narcotics, bringing her back to her childhood, thus creating a world in her mind that she obsessed over. Because of the time lapse between the present and the last time she interacted with her imaginary world, she made them older. Angelica was constantally taking hits of acid so she would never have to live without her creations. To her, her creations were her only company in a judgemental world.

Angelica’s mom actually died of a heroin overdose. Angelica was schizophrenic/bipolar because she was a crack baby. Additionaly, Drew, in his depression, married a gold digging whore that Angelica idolized because she fooled herself into thinking it was her real mom. However, she always had a concept of her mom, Cynthia. She used a barbie doll to mirror her birth mother’s image–wearing an unwashed orange dress and jacked up hair–which is why she was so attached to it. Later in life she followed in her mother’s footsteps, dying of overdose at age 13 when All Grown Up! was “canceled.”

The only rugrat not to be fictional however, was unborn Tommy’s brother, Dil. However, Angelica didn’t know the differace between Dil and her creations. Dil didnt follow her commands, and after endless crying and a refusal to disapear like the others did when Angelica was angry with them, so she hit him. After she hit him, he screamed a screaching tune, and Stu ran in and pulled his neice off of his only child, but it was too late. Dil had a brain hemmorage, which resulted in a deformation. As he grew up, his damage only became more evident, and by the time he was 9 in All Grown Up! he lived as an outcast, being ridiculed for his weirdness, and retardation. The immense guilt over this is what caused Angelica to start using drugs, and to un-create the rugrats breifly, until her expericance with hallucinogenics.

Chaz lost his mind after the death of his first wife and was in denial that she was ever prostitue. On a trip to Paris to find love, Chaz fell in love with a hooker named Kira (He was originally going to marry a different hooker, but she just wanted him for his money). Kira once had a daughter named Kimi, but the baby was torn from her by law due to her cocaine addiction. (Angelica imagined Kimi from Kira’s stories.) Upon return to America, Chaz and Kira married and she got her greencard. It was a surprisingly happy/romantic story. Kira continually stuggled with addiction, but was relatively happy with her new life with Chaz.

Suzie was Angelica’s only friend, who entertained the thought of Angelica’s creations because they seemed to make her happy. She later became a phycologist and teamed up with Nickelodeon to make the Rugrats. When Angelica died of the overdose, Suzie helped arrange her funeral. Because of her addictions and her mental state, Angelica was expelled from society, which lead to a break with reality, and her eventual death. She spent the last days of her life in the back of the school cafeteria, imagining friends around her, and playing with the lives of her creations.

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My God!!

There is even a video to go with this done by HatsuneMikuVocaloid2, it’s a Japanese AMV with English subtitles. Link to the video is provided below:

Okay X-Box fanboys and girls, before you put on your rage hats, let me say that this is not a rant nor am I bashing on X-Box. I am just telling my reasons why I haven’t and why I don’t plan on getting an X-Box; 360 or otherwise.

NEW MOON

It used to be that the only current generation gaming console I owned was the Nintendo Wii, and at a time, I was content with that. But then I noticed that updates to my favorite fighting games were coming out (games like Street Fighter 4, and Tekken 6), and I could clearly see that they would never see the light of day on the Nintendo Wii. So I thought, like many other Wii only owners I bet, it was about time to get an HD console, but which one? I believe it was sometime during 2010, I looked at what both X-Box and PS3 had to offer.

ECLIPSE

Both systems were appealing, and even though many PS3 owners bad mouth the fact that you have to pay for online on X-Box (X-Box LIVE), it didn’t really bother me. I think it’s 60 dollars a year; that’s really not that bad to me, it’s pretty low and what you get for it is well worth it. What made me in the end make me end up getting the PlayStation 3 is it’s exclusive games. The very first games I got when I bought my PS3 (other than StreetFighter 4 , and Tekken 6) was Infamous, Ratchet and Clank: FCIT, and Uncharted 2. And I completely loved them.

BREAKING DAWN

I’m not saying that X-Box doesn’t have anything to offer, it’s just that I wasn’t really interested in them. To me, Dead or Alive was the only game that really had my interest as a game could play on an X-Box. I will admit, the bouncy physics in that game was one of the reasons why I liked that game. Hey, I’m a guy, can you blame me? Some of the other games like Project Gotham Racing, Gears of War, and Halo are games I really didn’t care for.

To me, X-Box doesn’t really give me that unique experience kind of feeling in it’s games. That kind of feeling that when you play a game you can say “I can only get this while playing on this system.” Nor does it have any stand out charaters from X-Box original games, which is sad because it has a develper like Rare on it side. I hate to hear when X-Box get a chance to have an exclusive character on a multiplatform game, and the only name people can think of is Master Chief. But I will admit, Alan Wake is a step in the right direction. The look and style of that game seems like something unique and could be only found on the X-Box. If the X-Box keeps bringing games like this, I might reconsider getting one, but not until then. Tell Rare to get off thier asses and make magic again like they did in the golden N days.

It has just been brought to my attention that there is an internet censorship bill; which consist of S.O.P.A (Stop Online Piracy Act) and Protect IP. And if either passes, we could see a lot of our favorite websites end up being shut down. Not only that, it would become a felony with a potential 5 year sentence to stream a copyrighted work that would cost more than $2,500 to license, even if you are an ordinary noncommercial user. Now I don’t won’t to pretend like I know whats going on with this. I’m still trying to wrap my head around it. But what I do know is that many of my favorite blogs, podcasts, web-videos, web-comics, etc could end up censored or just shut down. And that is something I will not stand for, and that’s why I’m doing what I can to stop this from happening, and you can too.

Here is a video explaining the situation:

And because I am terrible at explaining politics, the following text has been taken from ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com‘s Nostalgia Critic:

[So what can you do?
If you’re a citizen of the United States, call your local representatives. Calling and letter writing will always work better than email. If you don’t know their number , use this site:http://www.contactingthecongress.org/

Also, on a closing note, please don’t think that these bills have no chance of passing, because they do. They have some powerful people backing it, and they’re trying to push it through as quickly as possible. Even if these bills are only used to target ‘rogue’ foreign sites as it states, it will establish a precedent for future bills. If we don’t stop these bills now, how can we ever hope to stop them in the future?

Would you rather possibly overreact now, or have to worry about the possibility of these laws passing and what it could do to many of your favorite sites down the line?]

I am a big fan of the Grand Theft Auto series, I’ve been one ever since the release of Grand Theft Auto 3 on the PS2. I use to always play it with my friends, and during those times, all our conversations began and ended with GTA. I love the free roaming, the multiple weapons available, and all the things you can do in the world. But what really makes GTA the shining star it is to me, is the crazy ass moments to be had when you unlock certain codes. Old ladies toting rocket launchers could blast nearby pedestrians, enraged/scared drivers fly off in their cars and then crash them in the far distance, tanks dive bombing from the heavens, and literally having it you against the world. These were things all capable in GTA’s preceding GTA3 when you unlocked the codes, and with each iteration of the series came more and craziness to be had. That is, until GTA4. And I have to say, the game (GTA4) looked great. But the lack of any of these codes was a deal breaker for me, which lead me to not even consider purchasing it.

Now that GTA5 is on it way, I beg you, please bring the craziness back with GTA5. Bring back “all cars fly,” “all pedestrians carry weapons”, “riots,” etc. To me, and I bet many others, GTA is a shell of itself without these codes. If these words come off as harsh, I’m sorry, that was not my intention. I am only a fan hoping and trying to bring back the series he once loved. Hoping that this gets to the right people so it can be heard.

While surfing the interwebs, like I always do, I skipped onto some gold. Apparently Kevin Butler has made a tweet about some secret PSN is going to reveal soon. Here’s the tweet:

And if you want to see the video he leaked, look no further:

And if you notice it, there are many many PlayStation exclusive game references littered throughout the video. (Hint: look to the right before the soldiers walk into the building. Doesn’t that truck look alittle sweet-toothy to you?). So what can this be? Some kind of new PSN service, a new feature to PlayStation Home, or maybe it can be Playstation’s answer to SUPER SMASH BROS. I guess we will find out on 10-5-2011. I kind of want to see a PS Smash Bros., I wonder how that would be?

I’m a big fan of nostalgia. I think that’s why I enjoy shows like The Nostalgia Critic and Angry Video Game Nerd, people telling what they enjoyed in the past, whether it be from television or gaming, is an automatic win to me. That’s one of the reasons why I created that Top Ten List. Well, that and the fact that I heard that Top Ten List are an easy ways to gain viewers. But I have recently found out that the host of a few of my favorite podcasts, Dame Dr. Foxy Brown, has posted a blog responding to my Top Ten List. And I’m loving it; like I said, I love hearing about what cartoons people loved. I just have moments like, “Cool, I liked that show too” or “Aww man, I thought I was the only one who liked that show.” If you want to read her blog post yourself:

And that’s just part one, it looks like she has some more up her sleeves. I know we all have different taste when it comes to television and the like, so I look forward to what other shows she has in store.

For those who don’t already know, drawing use to be a big hobby of mine. When I wasn’t sketching characters from Dragon Ball Z, I was drawing something off the top of my mind. But that has been years ago. For some reason, I just sorta fell out of drawing. I doodle every now and again, with stick figures and the like, but I never really committed myself to projects like I use to do. As of late, I have been meaning to take back up the hobby. Over the years, I have got some experience with programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, and PaintShop Pro, and I wanted to use them to tweak my future drawings. But I was a blank, I didn’t know where to start or what to draw. And whenever I had the sudden hit of inspiration, I usually got an equal hit of procrastination. It wasn’t until one day when I was listening to one of my favorite podcast, Just A Gintama Podcast, when they mentioned they were having a logo contest. And I think one of the host said, “if you are an artist and looking for a chance to show off your skills, then we want you to design our logo.” After hearing that. I was like “You talking to me? Are you talking to me? I don’t see anyone else here, so you must be talking to me. Oh yeah, I’ll design your logo.” I took it to myself as a challenge to myself to get off my ass, and get back to drawing. Fast forward a few weeks of drawing and designing, and this is what I made:

My entry, along with many others were winners of the logo contest, and were included as logo’s for various episodes of the podcast. The most recent episode of the podcast was the one that featured my logo, and I also guest hosted with a few other fans of the show. I had a great time, and would gladly join again if they ever needed me. But the main reason for this post is because I just wanted to thank the hosts of Just A Gintama Podcast, for in a way helping me out of that artist funk I was in.

Currently, I am back to drawing… Kinda. I’m taking small steps. I recently made an account on Deviant Art, and I plan to put all future work on there. I have also created a direct link to my Deviant Art page at the top of this website. I also plan to put up a few of my old works there. Some things I drew while I was in highschool, and some while I was in college. I welcome anybody to look around there, and feel free to leave a comment or two.